Synonyms of whacking

whacking 1 of 3

adjective

ˈ(h)wa-kiŋ 

as in giant

unusually large

harvested a whacking number of zucchini from the garden

Synonyms & Similar Words

• giant
• huge
• gigantic
• enormous
• tremendous
• vast
• massive
• colossal
• bumper
• mammoth
• astronomical
• immense
• monstrous
• monumental
• monster
• titanic
• big
• mighty
• grand
• mountainous
• sizable
• great
• whopping
• humongous
• cosmic
• gargantuan
• heroic
• prodigious
• mega
• oversize
• jumbo
• super
• elephantine
• planetary
• walloping
• oceanic
• herculean
• galactic
• considerable
• good
• cyclopean
• substantial
• Himalayan
• imposing
• staggering
• handsome
• supersized
• supersize
• leviathan
• pharaonic
• super-duper
• Brobdingnagian
• extensive
• formidable
• hefty
• majestic
• king-size
• major
• vasty
• tidy
• gross
• overgrown
• gigantesque
• bulky
• outsize
• goodly
• infinite
• voluminous
• overwhelming
• hulking
• largish
• stupendous
• grandiose
• towering
• lofty
• monolithic
• cavernous
• august
• immeasurable
• boundless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tiny
• microscopic
• miniature
• micro
• diminutive
• minuscule
• pocket
• little bitty
• infinitesimal
• wee
• bitty
• teeny
• midget
• pygmy
• small
• teensy
• minute
• little
• Lilliputian
• puny
• smallish
• mini
• bantam
• undersized
• petite
• teeny-weeny
• teensy-weensy
• microminiature
• dinky
• dwarfish
• half-pint
• pint-size

whacking

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adverb

as in extremely

to a great degree

the clown wore a whacking big pair of shoes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• extremely
• damn
• damned
• very
• terribly
• incredibly
• too
• badly
• so
• highly
• desperately
• severely
• jolly
• really
• seriously
• wildly
• super
• far
• full
• especially
• that
• cracking
• thumping
• real
• heavily
• rattling
• most
• intensely
• mighty
• greatly
• much
• passing
• such
• fiercely
• good and
• particularly
• roaring
• extra
• exceptionally
• wicked
• spanking
• sore
• awfully
• dang
• bone
• awful
• fantastically
• way
• absolutely
• specially
• fabulously
• monstrous
• exceedingly
• immensely
• deadly
• totally
• almighty
• supremely
• hugely
• mortally
• eminently
• frightfully
• uncommonly
• vitally
• corking
• beastly
• a lot
• thoroughly
• remarkably
• sorely
• completely
• utterly
• stinking
• surpassingly
• enormously
• filthy
• achingly
• positively
• archly
• colossally
• roaringly
• mightily
• ever
• vastly
• deeply
• entirely
• right
• blisteringly
• unco
• majorly
• as all get-out
• significantly
• wholly
• visibly
• noticeably
• downright
• considerably
• fully
• flat-out
• radically
• obviously
• notably
• substantially
• purely
• profoundly
• extensively
• altogether
• markedly
• obscenely
• excessively
• palpably
• plainly
• discernibly
• appreciably
• monumentally
• plentifully
• monstrously
• astronomically
• abundantly
• astonishingly
• grandly
• amazingly
• overmuch
• staggeringly

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• negligibly
• barely
• hardly
• scarcely
• marginally
• minimally
• scantily
• meagerly

whacking

3 of 3

verb

present participle of whack

1

as in smacking

to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner

whacked the vending machine to get the candy bar to fall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• smacking
• slapping
• hitting
• knocking
• punching
• banging
• slamming
• pounding
• clapping
• striking
• clipping
• swiping
• cracking
• kicking
• batting
• bashing
• nailing
• thumping
• thwacking
• hammering
• tapping
• poking
• jabbing
• swatting
• shoving
• clobbering
• pushing
• bludgeoning
• bopping
• licking
• smiting
• chopping
• bobbing
• zapping
• slugging
• flicking
• socking
• clouting
• boxing
• bonking
• stabbing
• busting
• pasting
• tagging
• rapping
• walloping
• biffing
• clocking
• bumping
• slogging
• belting
• stroking
• whaling
• beating
• pummeling
• battering
• slashing
• mauling
• hanging one on
• pelting
• mangling
• peppering
• roughing
• lashing
• dumping
• whipping
• lambasting
• cuffing
• scuffing
• stamping
• butting
• prodding
• buffeting
• jostling
• bunging
• drubbing
• kneeing
• flailing
• spearing
• creaming
• lacing
• flogging
• bunting
• switching
• felling
• thrashing
• sapping
• cudgeling
• braining
• decking
• clubbing
• pommeling
• leveling
• knocking down
• caning
• bowling (down or over)
• conking
• sledgehammering
• sucker punching
• sledging
• flooring
• skulling
• beaning
• rabbit-punching

2

as in murdering

slang to put to death deliberately

without a second thought the mob boss had them whacked

Synonyms & Similar Words

• murdering
• assassinating
• slaying
• executing
• killing
• getting
• dispatching
• neutralizing
• snuffing
• destroying
• liquidating
• slaughtering
• terminating
• offing
• shooting
• croaking
• taking out
• icing
• putting away
• knocking off
• doing away with
• doing in
• bumping off
• smiting
• rubbing out
• zapping
• claiming
• massacring
• eliminating
• cutting down
• eradicating
• butchering
• blowing away
• felling
• annihilating
• shooting down
• exterminating
• carrying off
• blotting out
• mowing (down)
• wiping out

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• raising
• restoring
• reviving
• animating
• resurrecting
• resuscitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of whacking

Verb

Larry Hayes, 86, and Bill Moniz, 79, hit the tennis courts in Mountain View three to four times a week — whacking balls across the net as teammates for one to three hours a week. — Panashe Matemba-Mutasa, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

And the crowd clearly expected that pucks whacking the nets would be at a premium in this series, too. — ABC News, 4 May 2026

But, really, just being on the island feels like meditative wellness, including taking a golf club and a biodegradable ball from the island shop and whacking it into the sea. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026

Ultimately, the Yanks would spend 2 hours and 45 minutes on the court, meaning 2023 champion Tiafoe, who had prevailed in two previous marathons, wound up whacking balls for eight-plus hours in his ultimately futile bid for reach a fourth consecutive final here. — Dale Robertson, Houston Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2026

And Matt was whacking them with his stick. — Big Think, 31 Mar. 2026

His young nephew provided the entertainment, whacking a plastic ball around with a toy club on the lawn, replicating pro golf mannerisms a little too closely. — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026

These plays are often brilliant, and even lesser variants are fun to watch, because piñata-whacking itself is a naughty thrill, a cathartic fantasy for anyone with a family and/or a secret. — Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026

Next thing, authorities told media outlets, a 63-year-old player allegedly punched an opponent and then used his pickleball paddle as a weapon, whacking a 70-year-old in the face. — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026